School Board Candidates

Click on the names below to see candidate responses to a series of questions relating to parental rights, book objections, censorship and the overall importance of the school library. All Florida school board and superintendent candidates were invited to answer these questions and the names below are the candidates who chose to do so. The website will be updated if any more responses come in. Please note that responses are copied and pasted from the candidate's original response and not modified in any way.

Alachua
Lew A “Lincoln” Welge- District 4 (Lost in primary)
Bay
Whitney Nieves- District 1 (Lost in primary)
Brevard
John Thomas- District 3 (Won in primary)
Dr. Avanese Taylor- District 4 (Moving to runoff election in November)
Keith Schachter- District 4 (Lost in primary)
Broward
Chris Canter- District 1 (Lost in primary)
Maura McCarthy Bulman- District 1 (Won in primary)
​Debra Hixon- District 9 (Won in primary)
Citrus
Dale Marie Merrill​- District 2 (Lost in primary)
Laura Gatling-Wright- District 2 (Lost in primary)
Victoria Smith- District 2 (Moving to runoff election in November)
​Scott Herbert- Superintendent (Won in primary)
Clay
James "Jim"Hughes- District 2 (Moving to runoff election in November)
Sharon Flowers- District 2 (Lost in primary)
Collier
Tom Henning- District 4 ( Lost in primary)
Desoto
Jermaine Andrews- Superintendent (November election)
Duval
Reginald Blount- District 5 (Moving to runoff election in November)
Escambia
Earle McAuley- District 4 (Lost in primary)
Rich Holzknecht- District 4 (Moving to runoff election in November)
Flagler
Vincent Sullivan- District 5 (Lost in primary)
Janie Ruddy- District 3 (Won in primary)
Highlands
Dr. Javita McKinney- District 3 (Lost in primary)
Hillsborough
Julie Magill- District 1 (Lost in primary)
Elvis Piggott- District 5 (Lost in primary)
Johnny Bush- District 7 (Lost in primary)
Jessica Vaughn- District 3 (Won in primary)
Kenneth Gay- District 5 (Lost in primary)
Lake
Gavin Rollins- District 4 (Lost in primary)
Lee
Bill Ribble- District 3 (Won in primary)
Denise Carlin- Superintendent (November election)
Vanessa Chaviano- District 7 (Moving to runoff election in November)
Joshua Molandes- District 7 (Lost in primary)
Melisa W Giovannelli- District 2 (Won in primary)
​Sheridan Chester- District 7 (Moving to runoff election in November)
Leon
Laurie L Cox- District 4 (Won in primary)
Daniel Zeruto- District 2 (Lost in primary)
Rosanne Wood- District 2 (Won in primary)
Joe Burgess- Superintendent (November election)
​Star Swain- Superintendent (Lost in primary)

Madison
Shirley Joseph- Superintendent (November election)
Manatee
Heather Felton- District 1 (Moving to runoff election in November)
Charlie Kennedy​- District 3 (Moving to runoff election in November)
Marion
Allison B. Campbell- District 1 (Won in primary)
Martin
Sydney Thomas- District 2 (Lost in primary)
Miami-Dade
Luisa Santos- District 9 (Won in primary)
Martin Karp- District 3 (Moving to runoff election in November)
Orange
Anne Douglas- District 4 (Moving to runoff election in November)
Stephanie Vanos- District 6 (Won in primary)
Jake Petroski- District 4 (Lost in primary)
Osceola
Dylan Reinsel- District 5 (Lost in primary)
Paula Bronson- District 5 (Moving to runoff election in November)
Palm Beach
Mindy Koch- District 5 (Moving to runoff election in November)
Francesca Wernisch- District 1 (Lost in primary)
Pasco
Chris Dunning- Superintendent (November election)
Polk
Bernnie Brandt- District 1 (Lost in primary)
Sara Beth Wyatt- District 4 (Won in primary)
Putnam
Tim Houghtaling- District 3 (Lost in primary)
Sarasota
Thomas Babicz- District 3 (Lost in primary)
Liz Barker- District 2 (Won in primary)
Seminole
Stephanie Arguello- District 3 (Moving to runoff election in November)
Robin Dehlinger- District 4 (Won in primary)
Carl Tipton- District 4 (Lost in primary)
St. Johns
Lynn Straughan- District 5 (Lost in primary)
St. Lucie
Nate Spera- District 4 (Lost in primary)
Suwanee
Norman Crawford- District 2 (Won in primary, unopposed)
Taylor
Jeanne Ellen Mathis- District 3 (Won in primary)
Volusia
Cassie Gonyer- District 2 (Moving to runoff election in November)
Donna Brosemer- District 4 (Moving to runoff election in November)
Carl Persis- District 4 (Moving to runoff election in November)
Sarah Marzilli- District 4 (Lost in primary)